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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

CALTIKI IS COMING!

Looking like Italy's answer to THE BLOB, CALTIKI THE IMMORTAL MONSTER was influenced more by Hammer's THE QUATERMASS EXPERMIMENT than by AIP's crawling mass of grape jelly.Legendary Italian director Riccardo Freda received screen credit, buy many reliable sources site Mario Bava as having directed most of the film.In any event, CALTIKI is an unusual (and unusually good) entry in the "Big Monster" movie canon that deserves memorializing with a good print. The U.K.s Arrow Video appears to have done it with a Blu-ray version poised for release on April 10.Caltiki The Immortal Monster 1959 Special Edition Blu-Ray:Arrow Video presents a collaboration between two giants of
Italian cult cinema Riccardo Freda (The Vampires, The Horrible Dr Hichcock) and
Mario Bava (5 Dolls for an August Moon, Blood and Black Lace)!A team of archaeologists led by Dr John Fielding (John
Merivale, Circus of Horrors) descends on the ruins of an ancient Mayan city to
investigate the mysterious disappearance of its inhabitants. However, the
luckless explorers get more than they bargained for when their investigation of
a sacrificial pool awakens the monster that dwells beneath its waters the
fearsome and malevolent god Caltiki.Though Riccardo Freda received sole directing credit, a
significant portion of the film was in fact the work of Mario Bava, who also
served as its cinematographer and was responsible its striking special effects.
Drawing on a diverse array of influences, from The Quatermass Experiment to the
works of HP Lovecraft, Caltiki the Immortal Monster is a unique and
unforgettable sci-fi chiller which showcases these two legendary filmmakers at
their most inventive. Presented here for the first time in a newly restored
high definition transfer, Caltiki shines and terrifies like never before.SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

-Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original
camera negative